Improvement in sleds



, s.- WAY,

, Sled..4

PatentedMay-M1368.

o., B of J .T Q ovl. .PI o L 2.7 0 o o7 n M 1 Q7 I dd PETERS, Phuto-Ulhagmpher. Washington. DA C.

sans WAY, or ,LA Po'nrrnkINnIANA-.J

neem meer No. 78,162, ma May' 19, 1868.

IMPROVEMENT IN suns.

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TO ALL WHOM IT MAY OONCERN:` g n t t,

Be it knownthat I, SnTH WAY, of La Porte, in the county of Ila Porte, and State ,of Indiana, haveinrented` a new and useful' 'Improvement in Bob-Sleds; and I do herebydeolare that 'the following is a full, clear, and t exact description of the same, reference being had to'the annexed drawings, making part of this specification, in whichi Figure I is a perspective view. Figure 2 is a front elevation. Y g Figure 3 is the tongue, fastened, without' the head-block; and v Figure 4 represents one of the knees. L My improvements relate to that class ofbob-sleds either for .heavy or lightdrau'ght, and the` pointson which yI have made my improvements on Yformer bob-sleds will appear from the-eldimsfhereinafter to be set f forth. i 1

In the drawings,l A A are the runners,to which are attached the. knees E Eby boltstwhieh` run through A l the runners A A and the shoe F, which bolts also fasten the shoe F to the runners A A,'as well as'the knees E E. The knees E E are castiron, and may be either hollow or solid.

f D D are the beams, to which are fastened the knees E E by means of thevbolts g g g q g g g g.

l B B are `the side-pieces, and are fastened to the beams D D'by the bolts g g'g g, and which bolts also'fasten. f

the knees E E to the beams D D. i g l t C is the head-bleek, through which passes the rod I-I, to which the tongue K is attached by the rod H, run through, and in the slot in' the front end of .the head-block C, andwhieh headfblock C `is attached to beams D D by bolts g'g g g. In light bobs the head-block C need not extend further forward than the first beam D,

but in bobs for heavy draught it strengthens. it.A

I I are thimbles, which may be inode either of wood or ironflwhich hold the head-block G, the tongue K, and the braces J J, which braces J J are attached to the rod H, which is attached to bbb by heavy bolts, which pass through the runners A A; the other. end ofthe braces J J attaehed'to the tongue K ou eithersidifi' such?" a manner that the draught is proportioned properly. i

Y The thimbles I I, in light bobs, without. the head-block extended, run up tothe tongue K, and hold it to its place in the centre of the rod H. The tongue K moves up and down with perfect ease.

`lllhat I claim as my invention, and desire te secure by Letters Iatent, is- T The combination of the knees E E, head-block C, thimble's I I, `braces J J, and tongue K, respectively, constructed and arranged substantially as set forth.

In testimony whereof, I have signed my name to this specification inthe presence of two subscribing witnesses.

sETH WAY.

Y Witnesses: Y ROBERT A. Hnws,

JAMES A. Hnws. 

